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@microsoft/tsdoc vs vue-docgen-api

Documentation toolingPackage data 25 Sept 2026
@microsoft/tsdocv0.17.0, 16 Sept 2026

A parser for the TypeScript doc comment syntax

$ npm install @microsoft/tsdoc
vue-docgen-apiv4.79.2, 1 Aug 2024

Toolbox to extract information from Vue component files for documentation generation purposes.

$ npm install vue-docgen-api
Metric@microsoft/tsdocvue-docgen-apiDifference
Weekly downloads9,329,343838,880@microsoft/tsdoc 11.1x higher
12-month download growth+95%+64%@microsoft/tsdoc +31 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies012vue-docgen-api 12 more
Unpacked size2.2 MB790 kBvue-docgen-api 2.8x smaller
Latest release0.17.0, 16 Sept 20264.79.2, 1 Aug 2024@microsoft/tsdoc 2.1 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months20@microsoft/tsdoc 2 more
First published1 Jun 201811 Jun 2017vue-docgen-api 12 months earlier
GitHub stars4,9692,492@microsoft/tsdoc 2.0x higher
Open issues14179@microsoft/tsdoc 62 more
Open pull requests1721vue-docgen-api 4 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks526@microsoft/tsdoc 8.7x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM + CommonJSESM + CommonJSSame
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

@microsoft/tsdoc9.3m latest weekvue-docgen-api840.8k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

@microsoft/tsdoc

Major versions
  1. 0.0.01 Jun 2018
Last 5 releases
  1. 0.17.016 Sept 2026
  2. 0.16.011 Nov 2025
  3. 0.15.123 Nov 2024
  4. 0.15.028 May 2024
  5. 0.14.214 Sept 2022
52 releases in total, 2 in the last 12 months

vue-docgen-api

Major versions
  1. 1.0.011 Jun 2017
  2. 2.0.020 Jun 2017
  3. 3.0.021 Jan 2019
  4. 4.0.015 Nov 2019
Last 5 releases
  1. 4.79.21 Aug 2024
  2. 4.79.18 Jul 2024
  3. 4.78.021 Mar 2024
  4. 4.76.06 Mar 2024
  5. 4.75.120 Nov 2023
253 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
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  • Need no runtime dependencies@microsoft/tsdoc (@microsoft/tsdoc has 0, vue-docgen-api has 12)
  • Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Need the more recent release@microsoft/tsdoc (0.17.0 on 16 Sept 2026 vs 4.79.2 on 1 Aug 2024)
  • Higher weekly npm downloads@microsoft/tsdoc (9.3m vs 838.9k)

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